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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-19

= offices OR this company have $50 been
established at che following stations ON
the Kansas City extension of the Gulf,
ColoradcAand Santa Fe Railroad. Hortn
of Gail 8svilie, Tex ArdmoFa, PauPs
Valley and Purcell, : T.; aSo cEer the
Paris extension OF thu Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Sc with Offices at the following
staticus: Ben Frs1&lin, RG2ton, Ambia
and Paris, Tex, connecting at Paris with
the Adams Express Company for all points
on she s.. Louis sad San francisco Rail-
rcaI, Fort Smi3a, Ark > st. Louis, Mo.a
s.lG eli points north and west.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-19
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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-19

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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-15
GENERAL.

Nearly 100 carpenters went out IN =
strike for nine hours for q day and $3.50 per
day and eight hours Saturday. 1t is said that
the demand is one that the employers refuse
to yield.
Over 6,000 carpenters have went out on q
strike. They have resolved t lat nothing shall
be done in their line until all the bosses, or at
least a great majority of them, have acceded
to their demands of eight hours per day and
30 cents per hour. Thus far only ninety en-
ployers have expressed a willingness to come
to terms with the men, while 800 bosses have
either refused or kept silent
Secretary Lamar has requested the Secre-
tary of War to send a detachment of troops to
the Indian TER tory to remain there for some
time, as he fears trouble. For some time past
Secretary L mar has been receiving informa-
ton from Indian agents and inspectors that an
organized movement with the coming Of spring
would be ~inaugurated to again obtain control
of the Indian Territory, and especially the
western portion of it known as Oklahoma.
The railroad coal operators of the Pitts
burg district, who ship to Western points, have
formed an association for the maintenance of
a uniform selling price for coal. Eighty per
cent. of the firms shipping West, and repre-
senting S12,0U,0N capital, have joined the.
pool
Charles I. Watson, of New York, was mar
ried in Sterling, Ill, last month, but was soon
called east on business. His bride left Chica-
go On the Fort Wayne train which was
wrecked at Letonia recently since which
time nothing can be heard respecting her.
She carried Il large amount of money and wore
o diamond cluster ring.
A special from Corinth, Miss, to the
Times Democrat says: Two freight trains COL
lided four miles west of here, instantly killing
Engineer Kahl and Fireman Castleburg, both
Of the east-bounl train. Castleburg's body
was entirely burned up. Fifteen or twenty
loaded cars were destroyed by fire Immediate
ly after The collision.
-Uniess Il better yacht than the Maytiower
is built between now and the time of the trial
races to select o defender of the American
cup, the big white sloop will probably be
chosen to struggle with the beamy Scotch
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-15
THE WORLD.

The total redemption of trade dollars, ac-
cording to the latest returns, amounts to
1885, 35. The redemptions are slow and in
dictate that there are less of these coins in ex-
istence than was at first supposed. It is now
thought that the entire redemptions will not
exceed Sc, C00.0C0 or 81, 100000.
The cloarings of the Chicago banks for
the past week were $50, G51, 12l, a gain of So
100000 on the corresponding period of last
year. The New York banks lost ], S07, OPS in
their reserve last week, bringing the surplus
down 10 s4,37a.Sa5.
The weekly bank statement shows: Re-
serve decrease, 81, so7, 900. Banks now hold
s4.3so,oo0 in excess of legal requirements.
The imports of dry goods for the week
ending April / were y 1920, OFT, of which ST.
300, 022 We're entered for consumption, and
s430,055 were warehoused. Tho with raws
from warehouse for the week were $500, 14S,
making the total amount thrown on the mar
ket s., $3.50, l65.
The following is the public debt statement
for the mont of March: Interest bearing
debt, principal, 81, l02,571,112; interest, SILL
713,14l; total, $l,l14,2S 255; debt on which
interest has ceased since maturity, principal,
sG,92G,2 '5: interest. s19s.71 total, So, 1s4, 9992;
Debt bearing no interest, 1856, sos, aG7;; total
debt, principal, 81, 6o22, 2a5, GA: interest, s11,
Oil. $50; total, 81, 19S, POI, 5l3: cash TENS avail
able for reduction of debt, Sa26S. 123, 81 less
reserve held for redemption of United States
notes, 800, 100000: total, s36s, 1913, 81 net
cash in treasury, 1921, s29. 9ss; debt less cash in
treasury Arril l, 1887, Ibis, 1913 SIS; decrease
of debt during the month Of March. sl2, $685.
4G7: unavailable for reduction of the debt,
Sc, 1852, 672; total cash in treasury as shown by
treasurer's general account, $453, 117,CS6.
Il Is estimated at the Treasury Depart
nj mt that there mas been a decrease Of about
s12, 600, 0C0 in the public .iebt during the pres
ent month. The receipts so far this month
amount to $685. 1898 and the expenditures to
SIS, 36s, $50, including Sc, 735, 21o pension pay
ments. The net gain of receipts over expsn-
ditures is $l4, S66, $40.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-15
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES,

Some miscreaEt placed torpedoes on the
car track recently in Patterson, N. j., and
they exploded under a passenger car. For
tunately the force of the explosion was ex-
pended on the iron trucks of the car, which
were badly shattered, and nobody was hurt.
Efforts to find the authors of the outrage were
unavailing. This is the third attempt made
recently to blow up street cars.
At No. II West Division Street, Chicago,
Herman Knauf shot l. zzie Zinlie in the face
and inflicted q fatal wound upon himself. It
appears that they were %betrothed, and he be-
came wild with jealousy when he found her
walking with a stranger.
Two brakemen were killed at Thomas,
Ont, by q collision of Michigan Central freight
trains. .."
j. J. Corneilson was arrested at Mt Ster-
ling. KY, and placed in Jail to serve out 3
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-15

three years sentence for having horsewhipped
Judge Reid, who subsequently committed sui
eide. The friends Of Cornellson went to Gov.
Knott Saturday to try and get respite until
this term of court closed. The Governor re-
fused to grant the respite and the arrest was
made on the return of his friends.
-volney Il Chamberlain, against whom
suit for perjury and concealment of assets to
tho amount of $4,000, were brought by John
?. Squire & Co., pork packers, committed sui
eide this afternoon at his residence in Cam
bridge by shooting himself through the heart
Herr Most, since his release from a New
York prison, promises to be more outspoken
in his anarchism than ever, and tc seek out
scandals among the rich.
A number of men, who we're being sent
out for railroad work in Colorado by Albright's
employment agency, Omaha, were resting at
the Union Pacific depot, when one of them,
who gives his name as Charles Anderson, ap-
propriated a valise and o~vercoat that belonged
to one of his fellow employees. He was picked
up and jailed on the charge of larceny. The
stolen property was returned to its owner who
proceeded on his journey.
A partyo of ~sealers went from the shore OF
the channel on the west shore of New Found.
land on a sealing expedition. The ice moved
southwark, carrying them with it. Two bodies
have been recovered from an ice flow The
men had been frozen to death.
While Henry Mason, employed in q stons
quarry at Wooster, Ohio, was engaged in drill
ling into a large mass of stone it became de-
tached and fell, killing him instantly.
John Hanson, aged GO, a saloon keeper
here, committed suicide last night at the depot
of the Fort Wayne road by placing his head on
the rail, the wheels of a freight train severing
it from the body. He leaves a wife and sew
eral children.
Writ Butler, u prominent farmer and son
of ex-State Treasurer Butler, living near
Springfield, ILL.,, shot and killed Thomas Reed,
u man in his employ. No one was present
when the shooting occurred. 1t is supposed
both men were under the influence of liquor,
and that they got into an alteration. Butler
is about 40 and Reed %. Butler claims self
defense.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-15
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

At the city election in Dubuque. Iowa, the
Knights of Labor ticket made a full sweep,
~electins every man on the city ticket and every
alderman 1t is q complete revolution and
surprise. The vote stood: Voc.ker, labor,
LISA; Preston, Democrat. 1,23S; and Gillian,
Republican, LOSS; being 746plurality for voel-
ker. The next Council will stand eight Knights
of Labor, of whom three hold over, two were
elected last year Republicans, and one as a
Democrat TIL other two aldermen are Dem
ocrats, and one Republican.
A Logan is preparing for publication a novel
treating of society at the national capital.
Or petition of County Attorney Bliss, the
Judges at Chicago have ordered a thinning out
Of employees in the Court House which will
save $1,000 per month.
The President has appointed the follow
ing named Postmasters: William I. Baily, at
Marshallton, Iowa, vice E .liotSpurtz removed.
Postmasters at the following-named offices,
which become Presidential Offices on April l.,
were to-day re%-appointed: GRANVILLE, Ill, Car
~rollton, KY, Kirkwood, No.. Cambridge. Neb.,
East Las vagas, N. NJ, and Marlborough, Pa.
"A remarkable spectacle, the like of which
was never before witnessed in an American
city, was presented recently at the head
quarters Of the Chicago police department.
The officers Of the Central detail were quietly
standing in ranks for roll call when their
highest superior. Chief Of Police Frederick I.
Ebersold, unexpectedly entered the gaurd
room, addressing the ranks, said: "Men, next
Tuesday / want you to remember the 4th of
May. Think of the men who threw the bomb
and killed your comrades when you put in
your votes. Vote everyone of you and vote
for law and order. There is no politics in this
fight. 1t is for government. 1t is against an
archy. 1t is for law and order"
The Democratic Members of the Inter
State Commerce Commission have decided to
make Judge Cooley Chairman.
Secretary Endicott has issued a circular
calling for information relative to the condi-
ton of business i'll the War Department, the
business methods of the bureaus and other
matters required by Senator Cockrells com
mittee,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-15
When Shall We .sD:sbsnd,,

MIR. j. B. Cranield, editor of the Gates
vile Sun. Texas, in answer to a question
whether, if the prohibitory amendment: was
submitted 10 a p'pular vote aud was de-
feated, they would disband, saws:
W will not disband the prohibition
army until we gain the object for which it
labors the absolute, unconditional. and
eternal prohibition Of the manufacture and
sale OF ardent spirits as a b : erage, George
Washington could have dish nded his army
when he lost his fir. bate but if lie had
America would not nave gained its free
DOM. Prohii itlon,sts will have their de.
feats; they will nave many a Valley Forge:
thew W II labor at times under very dis,
conra ing circumstances; they Will be
ridiculed, slandered, vilifed, assasslnated:
but they will never lay down their arms
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-15
THE NEWS.
Items Of Interest From All Parts Of
the World.
zHE A EAST

While the Gar was walking on a terrace
over boxing tho lawn at Gatschina Palace, q
shot was fired from behind the bush. The
bullet whist.ed close to the Cars ear. A
second sho. was fired from behind another
bush, but without effect. A sentinel near inn
mediately fired upon the first assassin and it
is reported XII led him on the spot The sec
ond assassin tried to escape, but was arrested.
He proved to be an officer of the army
Three of the persons who recently at
tempted to kill the Car with bumbs were
hanged. at st Petersburg recently. Twenty
officers have been arrested for completely in
the latter attempt at the Gatshipa Palace.
Legal proceedings have been instituted
against the captain of the bark Ada Melmore,
which collided with the British emigrant ship
Kapunda, off the Brazilian coast, January 20,
when the latter was uni and over 500 persons
drowned. The captain of the Ada Melmore is
charged with having infringed the regulations
intended to prevent collisions.
1t is stated that the Russian torpedo fleet
on the Baltic has been placed on a war foot
ing.
A mob of Greeks attacked with stones the
residences of American missionaries i'll Smyr-
ma The American Legation asked the Porte
to send o man-of-war to Smyrna to protect the
missionaries.
Emperor William has thanked the French
Government for the congratulations rendered
him on the occasion of his ninety-first birth
day.
Thirteen Anarchists, convicted of com
pliclty in tho plot to set fire to the city and to
blow up the Imperial Palace at Schonbrunn
with dynamite, have been sentenced to i'm
prisonment at hard labor for terms ranging
from one year t otwenty years. One other was
acquitted.
w. II. Smith, the Government leader, i'll
the Commons, intimated that the Government
has decided to ask the House to pass to the
second reading the Irish criminal law amend
ment bill before proposing the Easter holi-
days. [Cheers and counter chcers.l The Gov
eminent, said MI. Smith, disavowed any in
tention to menace tho House, but they wished
members to understand that the measure was
vital to order in Ireland, and that it was one
upon which the Government staked its exist
once and was Of more Importance than the
holidays.
"A London cablegram says: An influential
meeting at Leicester Endorsed the action Of the
silver party at Washington, and unanimously
adopted a resolution declaring That nothing
short of free coinage of silver would support
prices in the interest of the debtor classes;
that the influence exerted by Messrs. Beck,
Jones, Teller, Weaver and Bland was of the
utmost Importance. Frewen, delegate to the
bi-metalic league, proposed the resolution.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-15

cutter Thistle. Chairman Smith, Of the Amer
lean cup committee, got a letter from General
Paine, saying that the Maytlowcr would go
over to England to sail against Chamber
layne's Arrow for the Queens cup, if Cham
berlayne's terms are reasonably fair to tho
giant center boarder. Blu if she goes she will
return in ample time to enter the trial con-
test hero.
AT Hazard, Perry County, Ky, Green
Combs got DRUM and concluded to kill n ne
gro. He fired at several and finally aimed at
one, Bill Walker, who returned the fire,
w%ounding Combs fatally, the latter expiring
in q few hours.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-15

Sioux Falls Press: The prairie a11
OF the past have made Dakota ~treeless Ell
cep' along the streams where the fires c0u1
no' destroy the young shoots, but the h'p1
VI man can do what the forces of na'pl
were not allowed to accomplish. IoSl
afe already many furnishing groves III y
Ao'a' and many fine trees, grateful Tor ''l
nn'oe' IN a number of the older to"D
ihess trees arc the result of wise lM
thought and intelligent care, and they
unmistakable evidence of what can
Gene. Dakota needs trees.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-15
TRUE TO THE LIST,

A groceryrnan was dying of consumption.
All" sighed his pastor, the sands Of
life are slowly running out, but lie sweet
ems his last hours by the consultations of
religion"
"Cgh," gr,nted n deacon who had
bought groceries Of him, the ruling pas
sion stronger in death; he still puts sug II
in his sand, 1 see."-Wu hiuotou Critic,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-15

md sheatbe their swords until thew gain tn:
victory. If the question is submitted ma
we are defeated we will continue to au-
cate the people, and at the proper ume
will ask that it be submitted again.: we
will keep getting it submitted un.ll ."s .
goal for which we are labolinS is galneo.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-15
"Giye Us Il Call"

Suggested by seeing these words in a saloon
advertisement. LAW
Give us q C IL! We keep good bcer
VINE brandy, gin, and whisky here;
ouI doors are open to boys and men,
ana even to women, now and then.
breatLs, S"'n0 enelf
we W. swel up the columns of awful deaths
All Kinds OF crimes we sell tor dimes.
~ our suiEnred poisons. SO sweet to taste.
~ iiiohes' position, or time to waste,
Give us u call.
Give us Il call! III n pint of gin
W. . seil you more VIC edness, shame, and sin
Innn a score OF ,lergymcn, PREACHING" MI a.,
from dawn to dnrkle S. could IRE Oh own ""s'
Ana IN our beer though 1t may take ionner
10 get IL man trunk than drinks tLat .mo
stronger. >""' "re
we S II out property, shame, and woe
'NN ~ purchase: Our prices arc low.
HlEe us Il call.
Give us u call! Well dull your brains
Wen give You heh ach IS and ]rncEinn n,;rs
We II mako yOu old While Won var nn l,.ilto'
~ ties ma slaaoers we II turn your ro,Inna
NJ " nn,aane you sil'fk from useful wor.'
A \ a. ,neit ana forgery seem fnir law,
anu Ihurlef Il pnstinle SIRE to pnv
Give us IL call.
we w us a call! We're cunning ana wise.
r, = no:,ia TO succeed, fer We ndycrEis.
70 ne pure in morals and fai. -. f,,n' c'a'in
[illsi1iti,s, brothers. and ous wtli r,,d
our KIND Invita- on, and some wil h"ol
ana give US IL call we nav Tor uil ANe'
~ splcc IN the papers We occu,,
nha there S LITTLE in life tint non,,
Il 1f - Won q 20 q WI in he world. and nn ouy'
~ fou "oH!d D slain by the snake in 1 =. up
ni ! $50 o r soul in the flowing Howl.1 VAT cup
- w shame and II blu ted nu,le
Ella Wheeler. "i'e Us l" call.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-15

II may no. be amiss to remind f,,ho,.
anu lnotaers that the future walfara as
.nelr c3iidren gre ltly depends mo" ol
Aln' OF literature which they read VIC
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-15

would be a tramp. 'oo' Ire devil
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-15

Nearly 100 carpenters went out On .
strike for nine hours for a day and $3.50 per
day and eight hours Saturday. 1t is said that
the demand is one that the employers refuse
tn Weld
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-10
100000 Libel Suit.

i. w. Linskic. undertaken of this
city, filed a suit for libel this afternoon
against G.. w. Gentry & Co., of Cor
don, Texas, and the Fort Worth Pub
fishing Company. The readers OF the
HERALD will recall the communication
written by Mr. Thornton, member
Of the firm of G.. w. Gentry 81 Co.,
and published in the Fort Worth Ga
zettc of March 3. The petition re-
counts the death of lIolbut, the in
Qucs'. gives the telegrams between
Linskio and Gentry 81 Co., the cir
cunstances connected with the affair,
that il was not true that he sent the
kilograms 10 ascertain just how large
q bill no could make in furnishing
dead body with burial-and draw
just what draft he saw fit, etc, etc.
The amount sued is $20,0C0. Tho
firm of q. w. Gentry is rated at from
$4,000 to $4,000.
Mr. Linskic received letter from
the Gazette rendering him column
in that paper TO reply 10 Mr.. Thorn
ton. bat Mr.. Linskic says he was not
in the newspaper business.
Mr.. Liuskie has not received his
money for the embalming, etc, of the
remains.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-10
John g. Crow.

Sheriff Lewis received telegram
today from the sheriff of Young
county to hold John c. Crow on
writ of habeas corpus; tina. he was
wanted in that county on a charge of
murder. Grow is the man the United
States authorities arrested several
weeks ago on suspicion of being ono
OF the Fort Worth g. Denver train
robbers, and released last Tuesday for
want of Identification.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-10
Two Years and Eight Months
in Jail.

Jim Briggs was arrested nearly
three years ago and confined in the
Dallas county Jail, where ho has re-
maiucd ever since. To-day his case
was called. it being the first time all
the witnesses have been together. The
charge was horse theft, aud from the
man whose horse was stolen he could
prove nothing but that Briggs had
been in the company of a man who
had been tired and convicted ON the
charge of stealing some horses. The
case was nolled, and the young man
who was well blcaohed, was given his
li5e ty after two years and eight
months Imprisonment.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-10


Some OF the attorneys have started
a .uD cgp.ion .or The purpose OF put
ting o telephone ia Justice Braswell's
court Tor their especial accommoda-
ton. Reporters will not be allowed
10 use IT,
Judge Burford remarked Yesterday
evening, after drawing a good long
breath of relief, that he was at last
through with the pos;ollice and rail-
road cases, and he wasn't sorry either.
One of the prctiiest sights seen
during the past social season will be
witnessed at Crowdus Hall tonight.
Last week to pay county taxes.
Painters overalls and shirts at the
Arcade.
Last week TO pay county taxes.
Remnants of embroideries in all
lengths at about one half price at the
Arcade.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-10
Tho Texas Proh,bit,on Advocate

under its new management comes out
a six-column sheet; bright, clear and
cogcnt; magazine of prohibition and
Temperance argument, illustration and
fact. 1t is certainly journal that
Prohibitionsts may be proud of, and
one TO which they should give an
ample support. Those friendly should
manifest their favor in substantial
ay at this time. Circulate tho paper.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-10
TgMPERANcE MEETING TONIGHT

7 I-NII ENANIE hIEE ING IO-NIG1I
The temperance meeting to be held
tonight at the Workingmen's Hall prom
ises to he an enthusiastic one Mr.. Reas
oucr will deliver an address. taking for
his subject the criminal side Of the ques
tiua--,ha, is, showing the multitudinous
crimes committed through the use of
WHISKY. Besides this address, there will
b, other speaking, music and recitation.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-10

By combining excelency quality nobby styles and low prices to
eputaon by push energy and undenabe advantag
patronage from every city, village and hamlet Of the Southwest